An Amtrak train was stopped Sunday at the Mendota Railroad Depot for about 40 minutes and depot and parking lot evacuated as a man implied he had a firearm to fellow passengers on the train, police said.

The Slough Bridge in Peru is in critical condition and nearing its end of the month inspection mandate. The bridge is in danger of closing, Council discusses next steps.

Oglesby might have hit upon a solution for the ongoing drainage problems at Heritage and Oakwood Avenues – but nobody seems to want to pay for it.

A look at high school results around the area.

Princeton City Council held a brief meeting on Monday and approved over $600,000 over three road maintenance bids to Advanced Asphalt for upcoming city construction.

The American Countess paddle steamer has returned to Ottawa.

If the Princeton Tigresses volleyball team had a team song this year, it would be John Lennon’s 1980 hit, “Just like starting over.”

Financial Advisor Mary Chambers of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Lacon has earned the Accredited Asset Management Specialist professional designation.

Utica was notified Monday it was approved for a capital grant of $1,249,969. The funds, coupled with a village match of $250,000, will be used to build the Shoppes of Mini Mill Street, a plaza of portable retail stalls.